M'sia drops to no. 122 in press freedom ranking
Malaysia has dropped to 122nd place (out of 167 nations) in the global press freedom rankings for 2004 released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). It is a sharp drop from the 104th place we recorded in 2003.
RSF noted that press "freedom is threatened most in East Asia (with North Korea at the bottom of the entire list at 167th place, followed by Burma 165th, China 162nd, Vietnam 161st and Laos 153rd) and the Middle East (Saudi Arabia 159th, Iran 158th, Syria 155th, Iraq 148th)." Hmm, is this what they mean by "Asian values"?
The following are the rankings for South East Asian nations, extracted from the RSF table. Nice to see newly independent Timor Leste at the top of the regional league.
57 Timor Leste
59 Thailand
109 Cambodia
111 Philippines
117 Indonesia
122 Malaysia
147 Singapore
153 Laos
161 Vietnam
165 Burma
Looks like we are helping to prop up the table from the bottom! Definitely no "Malaysia Boleh!" here. Come on, guys, surely you can do better.
posted by Media Monitors @ 1:21 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Posted this elsewhere liao... but for discussion: do you suppose that 'their' ideals of press freedom would be any good (as a modification) for the social system which exists in Malaysia?
On the contrary, 'Malaysia Boleh' but from the other end as usual. We're always competing for last place. We seem to see de-provement as an ideal instead of improvement. That's what happens when authorities and private organisations prefer to block out criticsm. They go down hill and imagine they're going up. Stop living in Disneyland! We're international laughing stocks!
Congratulations Timor Leste! Hopefully you will keep improving. Many countries can learn from the youngest member of the international community.
If you read this piece at http://www.mggpillai.com/sections.php3?op=viewarticle&artid=8611
by an Indian-American journalist whose services was terminated after just 7 months with the ST,readers will get a fair view of the state of Singapore press freedom.
ASEAN countries are one of the most peaceful countries compared to other developing countries in the world. This statistic shows, by controlling press freedom, we are creating less tensions in the country. Look it in positive way please.
wow great.. better malaysia became a communist country and the pm be hitlor. last year malaysian goverment promise to give freedom to press but its still in pending.. malaysia can only get the press freedom after the leaders stop making coruption and stop making public stupid.
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